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ARLINGTON, TX – AUGUST 21: Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle 34 makes a catch during warmups for the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans on August 21, 2021 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire NFL, American Football Herren, USA AUG 21 Preseason – Texans at Cowboys Icon210821072

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ARLINGTON, TX – AUGUST 21: Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle 34 makes a catch during warmups for the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans on August 21, 2021 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire NFL, American Football Herren, USA AUG 21 Preseason – Texans at Cowboys Icon210821072
Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle took every precaution during his Keegan-Michael Key–inspired celebration to avoid violating the NFL’s strict rules, but it wasn’t enough. The league fined him anyway. Dowdle made appeals. But as his efforts seem to have failed, the Panthers RB made humorous and anxious appeals on X.
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“Starting a go fund me, they got me” he wrote on X. Though his agent was quick to respond. “We are appealing!”
Will the NFL change its decision?
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Starting a go fund me 🤣 they got me 🥹
— Rico Dowdle (@ricodowdle) November 5, 2025
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